The Beta Band
The Beta Band were a British musical group who received much critical acclaim and have achieved cult status amongst avid followers of the underground and experimental music scene. Their style was described as being " folktronica ", a blend of folk , electronic , rock , trip hop , and... Read More
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This Week's Best Album Streams: 22nd May 201 ..What a week it's been for album streams. The 405 has already brought you links to St Etienne, Alt-J, El-P and more, not forgetting the international live stream of the new Sigur Rós album- which was like gathering around the wireless listing to the Radio 1 Evening Session for the first play of Love Spreads all over again. But the week was marred by the deaths of Donna Summer, Robin Gibb and Donald ‘Duck' Dunn, all of whom influenced the music you listen to today. So respect their achievements by listening to their legacies at the core of this ...The 40522 May 2012
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The Festival Diaries: Liverpool Sound City O ..After a week in New Orleans and an expedition to Brighton for The Great Escape, my musical May adventures have come to an end in the UK city of Liverpool (no stranger to musical celebration with streets of Beatles related memorabilia) for the annual industry conference and festival, Liverpool Sound City. Like The Great Escape the weekend before, Liverpool Sound City takes over its city for three days and nights, with a mix of brand new, up-and-coming and established artists gracing its stages. Let's waste no time and start looking back at these artists... My Sound City kicked off ...The AU Review22 May 2012
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Pastoral Pastiche Pop Amongst The Nomadic Fi ..The solo warped outpourings of Tennessee's Ryan Boos, Nomadic Firs' self-titled record is something of a anomaly in that it had been gestating for six years, is a pastiche of colours and ideas that have coalesced into finite songs, and yet is cohesive much farther beyond what is thought possible from such an amalgam of sounds and grooves. Reminiscent of the breakout hazy debut album by Unknown Mortal Orchestra (especially on 'Vines'). There is a rustic underbelly to these jams that echoes from Boos' rustic life (he owns a petite farm with his wife), and it is these pastoral ...Sonic Masala16 May 2012
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Electric Guest: MondoElectric Guest Mondo Downtown Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Electric Guest create a unique mix on their debut Mondo that offers up some memorable tracks. Album Review: Electric Guest is the Los Angeles duo comprised of Asa Tacone and Matthew Compton. Mondo is their debut album and it is filled with a bag of surprises which blends 60's style rock with a smooth R&B; swagger and synthesizers that create songs that have a laid back vibe with a consistent need to escape their containment. That is exactly how the catchy first single "This Head I Hold" plays out as ...The Fire Note2 May 2012
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STEPHEN HUDSON Everything ElectricThe release date for Stephen Hudson ’s second single is today, Fridays being the new Mondays. “Everything Electric” is “ inspired by the low budget epics of Grandaddy and the Beta Band ” but in these three songs I hear more kinship with bitter-sweet, hang-dog expression troubadours like Aidan Smith or Sweet Baboo , who counterpoint compassionate, warm melodies with wry lyrics of gentle despondency or domestic failing. The title track claims “ everything electric / blows up in my hand / it turns to fire and sparks and spits / and becomes dust and sand ”. But this is more of a tut and a raised eyebrow ...Folly of Youth28 April 2012
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A few words on Django Django: My favorite al ..I had extremely high hopes for Django Django‘s debut record. The preceding singles were not only promising, they were spectacular statements of intent. Thankfully their self-titled debut surpasses even my grand expectations. There are undeniable similarities with The Beta Band (hardly a negative thing) but they have far from copied or imitated. Part of Django Django’s appeal is their ability [...]Barry Gruff17 April 2012
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Sole Stars - HerveOur Lacoste artist spotlight series returns, and sights are firmly fixed on the impending explosion of electro tycoon, Hervé. Joshua Harvey, or Hervé, has been roving the electronic circuit for years, leading a vagabond kind of life, a finger in every pie, and each with a different flavour. He’s penned gnarly club anthems as The Count, championed new talent through his Cheap Thrills label, and now he’s on the cusp of releasing his full debut album. With a single through side-project Machines Don’t Care out this month, it’s hard to see where he finds the juice ...Clash Music4 April 2012
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Lost in the supermarketImage: Craig & Karl “The Walkman changed the way we understand cities”. William Gibson DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo - Fu-Yu Ki-Oku (Instict, 1999) BUG - Indica Oscillations Part 1 (Jus Like Music, 2010) The Beta Band - Won Hot Shots II (Astralwerks, 2001) Ty – Break The Lock Awkward (Big Dada, 2000) Gonzalez - [...]Motel de Moka25 March 2012
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REVIEW: Dr. Dog – Be The VoidThere is a scene in High Fidelity where John Cusack, playing Rob Gordon, the under appreciated scholar of pop-culture, looks as an employee of the record shop he owns and confidently says “I will now sell five copies of “The Three EPs” by The Beta Band .” Within moments of starting the song “Dry the Rain,” the inhabitants of Championship Vinyl begin questioning the song. Instantly, it has their attention. That moment is exactly how “Lonesome,” the opening track from Dr. Dog’s seventh album Be A Void was for me. Having been what could easily be classified as a hipster …Under The Gun Review19 March 2012
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SXSW Song of the Day: Django Django – Storm ..I don’t throw around the term “sounds like Beta Band” around very often, but when I do, it’s for a good reason. Django Django is an East London quartet whose colorful arrangement, semi-tropical vibe and overall psychedelic stained artsy-folk feel has many comparing them to the much loved UK band from the mid nineties. The [...]Panic Manual6 March 2012
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FREAKITUDINE CONTROLLATA- Frequenze review - DJANGO DJANGO S/T (because, 2012) A prescindere da inutili esotismi privi di significato, per quanto mi riguarda la copertina non ispirava nulla di buono, questo quartetto di Edimburgo ha il merito di proporre del pop stranito ma ben suonato, anche ben composto e un po' arty nella forma smorzato dalla leggerezza di una band al debutto. Sostanzialmente sono dei fattoni ultracolorati, un incrocio tra i Supersystem e la Beta Band, molto quadrati e ordinati quando si tratta di maneggiare la materia prog e puntare ad originali incesti come nel western/synth-pop di Default. Tutto il resto e ...Frequenze Indipendenti2 March 2012
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Watch a series of Frànçois & The Atlas Mount ..Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains‘ Domino-released debut album E Volo Love is a good candidate for morning music. Displaying traits of the quiet parts of The Beta Band, Collective">Animal Collective and Paul Simon all wrapped up in one with vocals … Read More... →Nialler9 Music Blog28 February 2012
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Firewater by Django Django [2012]Firewater by Django Django [ official - spotify - iTunes ] Lots of catching up to do...packing and unpacking boxes has gotten in the way of spreading the new music far and wide. We start getting back into the swing of things with a song from Django Django. Remind me a bit of The Beta Band . Turns out they went to school in Edinburgh.Driftwood22 February 2012
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Django Django - Django DjangoGrand disque illuminé et psychédélique, le premier album des fils spirituels du Beta Band.Pop News3 February 2012
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Album Review: Django DjangoDjango Django defy description. Trying to pin down their sound is akin to the old fairground game of whacking plastic moles with a hammer. The minute you think you’ve got it another one of the fuckers pops up. Within the first 20 minutes of this joyous, surreal album the band have shoehorned cosmic disco, dubstep bass wubs, Beatles harmonies, Spaghetti Western guitars and stomping glam rock rhythms into some riotous sense of order. It shouldn’t make sense. Styles explode into each other- the looping tropical disco of Zumm Zumm giving way to the delicate fireside folk of Hand ...SupaJam3 February 2012
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